The Owl and the Pussycat

Name: Edward Lear

Date of birth: 12th May 1812

Date of death: 29th January 1888 (aged 75)

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Edward Lear wrote the Owl and the Pussycat in 1871.

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He lived in North London and was the 20th child out of 21 children!

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Edward wrote lots of other poems like The Duck and the Kangaroo and The Children of the Owl and the Pussycat.

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